Hacker News with Generative AI: Education

Senate passes "cruel" Republican plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids (arstechnica.com)
The US Senate today voted along party lines to kill a Federal Communications Commission program to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, with Democrats saying the Republican-led vote will make it harder for kids without reliable Internet access to complete their homework.
Education, Politics, Technology, Internet Access
8 points by croes 2 hours ago | 1 comments
How to start a school with your friends (prigoose.substack.com)
FractalU is a “school” for adults, taught from living rooms in New York City. We’ve run over 100 classes and taught thousands of students. Classes meet weekly and are held on evenings and weekends, since most of our students and teachers are working professionals.
Education, Community, New York, Adult Learning
125 points by geverett 15 hours ago | 53 comments
Senate passes plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids (arstechnica.com)
The US Senate today voted along party lines to kill a Federal Communications Commission program to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, with Democrats saying the Republican-led vote will make it harder for kids without reliable Internet access to complete their homework.
Education, Politics, Technology
16 points by Bender 17 hours ago | 1 comments
June Huh dropped out to become a poet, now he’s won a Fields Medal (2022) (quantamagazine.org)
June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. Now his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry have led to math’s highest honor.
Mathematics, Awards, Education, Biography
216 points by bpierre 2 days ago | 135 comments
Mississippi Can't Possibly Have Good Schools (educationdaly.us)
Painting the Deep South as an embarrassing cultural backwater is one of the last socially acceptable forms of prejudice among elites. It’s not just tolerated - it’s venerated.
Education, Social Commentary, Prejudice
103 points by pkrecker 2 days ago | 213 comments
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College (nymag.com)
Chungin “Roy” Lee stepped onto Columbia University’s campus this past fall and, by his own admission, proceeded to use generative artificial intelligence to cheat on nearly every assignment.
Education, Generative AI, Cheating, College
107 points by jsheard 2 days ago | 165 comments
Trump blocks grant funding for Harvard until it meets president's demands (theguardian.com)
The US Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school accedes to a list of demands from the Trump administration that would effectively cede control of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to the government.
Politics, Education, Harvard University, Trump Administration
24 points by KnuthIsGod 3 days ago | 2 comments
How Indian Colleges Casually Violate Human Rights (isomorphism.xyz)
The freedom of physical movement is the prototypical example of a fundamental human right.
Human Rights, India, Education, College
28 points by agnishom 3 days ago | 12 comments
Harvard is no longer eligible for new federal research grants (thehill.com)
Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a letter to Harvard on Monday telling the university it will no longer be eligible for new research grants from the government as it and the Trump administration do battle on multiple fronts.
Education, Politics, Research Funding
17 points by Geeek 4 days ago | 0 comments
A Gutted Ed Dpt's New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Target Transgender Students (propublica.org)
In California, the federal government was deep into an investigation of alleged racial discrimination at a school district where, a parent said, students called a Black peer racial slurs and played whipping sounds from their cellphones during a lesson about slavery. Then the U.S. Department of Education in March suddenly closed the California regional outpost of its Office for Civil Rights and fired all its employees there. That investigation and others went silent.
Education, Civil Rights, Transgender Issues, Government Investigations
10 points by frumper 4 days ago | 0 comments
Structuring Competency-Based Courses Through Skill Trees (arxiv.org)
Computer science education has seen two important trends. One has been a shift from raw theory towards skills: competency-based teaching. Another has been increasing student numbers, with as a result more automation in teaching.
Education, Computer Science, Skill Development, Learning
5 points by PaulHoule 4 days ago | 0 comments
New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories (popular.info)
Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about President Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
Education, Politics, Conspiracy Theories, Oklahoma
11 points by monsieurpng 4 days ago | 1 comments
Professors Staffed a Fake Company with AI Agents, Guess What Happened? (futurism.com)
If you've been worried about the AI singularity taking over every job and leaving you out on street, you can now breathe a sigh of relief, because AI isn't coming for your career anytime soon. Not because it doesn't want to — but because it literally can't.
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Labor
26 points by Capstanlqc 4 days ago | 18 comments
Mathematical Problem Solving (ifi.lmu.de)
Mathematics, Problem Solving, Education
81 points by ibobev 4 days ago | 6 comments
A Fifth of American Adults Can't Read (thefp.com)
Forty-eight million adults in the U.S. read at or below the third-grade level, and many of them struggle in ways that are almost impossible for a fluent reader to imagine: They can’t order off a menu, check in for a telehealth appointment, or fill out a job application.
Literacy, Education, USA, Social Issues
23 points by harambae 4 days ago | 5 comments
Before Our Attention Was a Commodity: Memories of a Pre-Web Internet (sanfranciscan.org)
What happens when kids grow up with powerful technology they’re not allowed to understand? We risk creating a digital world with few true digital natives. How public terminals, old Macs, and a programming teacher shaped my political imagination and tech skills.
Technology, Internet, Education, Politics
11 points by chema 4 days ago | 0 comments
I'd rather read the prompt (claytonwramsey.com)
I write this article as a plea to everyone: not just my students, but the blog posters and Reddit commenters and weak-accept paper authors and Reviewer 2. Don’t let a computer write for you! I say this not for reasons of intellectual honesty, or for the spirit of fairness. I say this because I believe that your original thoughts are far more interesting, meaningful, and valuable than whatever a large language model can transform them into.
Writing, AI, Education, Creativity
1406 points by claytonwramsey 5 days ago | 839 comments
I Owe It All to Community College (2015) (nytimes.com)
IN 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland, Calif., an underachieving student with lousy SAT scores.
Education, Community College, Personal Stories
6 points by Tomte 5 days ago | 2 comments
Critical Program Reading (1975) [video] (youtube.com)
Programming, Education, Computer Science, History, Video
33 points by blahaj 5 days ago | 6 comments
Show HN: EZ-TRAK Satellite Hand Tracking Suite (github.com/benb0jangles)
EZ-TRAK is a comprehensive satellite tracking suite designed for amateur radio operators, weather satellite enthusiasts, and educational purposes.
Amateur Radio, Satellite Tracking, Software, Education
40 points by benbojangles 5 days ago | 13 comments
Charles M. Lieber joins Tsinghua University (chemistryworld.com)
Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department who was convicted of failing to disclose significant Chinese funding, has joined Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS) in China.
China, Education, Science, Universities
17 points by mnming 5 days ago | 3 comments
ChatGPT as Economics Tutor: Capabilities and Limitations (repec.org)
Since the public release of ChatGPT in late 2022, the role of Generative AI chatbots in education has been widely debated.
Generative AI, Economics, Education, Chatbots
13 points by walterbell 5 days ago | 0 comments
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (simplypsychology.org)
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the range of tasks a person can’t complete independently but can accomplish with support.
Psychology, Education, Child Development
15 points by Anon84 5 days ago | 10 comments
List of Latin Phrases (wikipedia.org)
This article lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases.
Latin, Language, Reference, Wikipedia, Education
7 points by donpott 6 days ago | 0 comments
Numerical Linear Algebra Class in Julia TUM (venkovic.github.io)
The course is organized into 18 lectures. All lectures consist of a theoretical presentation followed by homework problems [pdf]. Most lectures are also followed by Julia coding assignments.
Julia, Education, Programming
145 points by darboux 6 days ago | 8 comments
Both novelty and familiarity affect memory (theconversation.com)
When getting ready to take exams, it can sometimes feel as though there’s no way all the information you need to remember is going to fit in your brain. But there are ways to create the right conditions to make your studying as efficient as possible.
Memory, Learning, Education, Psychology
7 points by amichail 6 days ago | 0 comments
The Field of Contemporary Art: A Diagram (e-flux.com)
These days, whenever I meet with art students for the first time, I invariably find myself pulling up my diagram of the field of contemporary art. Sometimes I’m trying to address their confusion about the art world. More often I feel that I can’t productively engage their work and goals without first clarifying how and where they are positioned in the field.
Art, Contemporary Art, Education, Visual Arts
6 points by handfuloflight 6 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Exhibit and Site on Mechanisms for Students (mechanical-library.org)
The Mechanical Library is an open-source exhibit and curriculum to introduce mechanical engineering to middle and high school student.
Education, Engineering, Open Source, STEM
28 points by sturbes 7 days ago | 6 comments
Fractal will help you launch a walkable campus in 6 weeks (fractalcampus.com)
Amidst a crisis of rapidly increasing disempowerment and loneliness, our neighborhood campus makes it easy to find co-founders, learn new things, meet romantic partners and complete the side projects we’ve always dreamed of doing.
Community Building, Entrepreneurship, Education, Startups
6 points by bilsbie 7 days ago | 0 comments
Trump says Harvard will lose tax exempt status (bloomberg.com)
President Donald Trump declared that Harvard University would lose its tax-exempt status, a designation that has allowed the school to avoid paying levies on its revenue under a classification for educational institutions.
Politics, Education, Law
21 points by karma_daemon 7 days ago | 18 comments